LizLiz Regular member Location: Brooklyn(or Cresco,pa!) , NY Last login: 11/18/09 RSS feed
I am not the most scholarly looking person in the world - but don't let that deceive.
I'm doomed to be trapped in Academia forever... I'm also a misanthrope. I don't think there is much else to say... I'd talk about being interested in politics; but being that I am on this website, you should already know that!
Posted by LizLiz on 11/09/09 Last updated 11/11/09
WHEN in the course of human events government no longer receives the consent of the governed, it becomes necessary for the people to exercise their right to separate from the tyrannical government that refuses to humble itself to the Constitution of the United States of America. It is the right of the people to correct or abolish any form of government that has become destructive to the principles of our Founding Fathers. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all humans are created equal; and therefore, no man, woman, or group of the two may push laws or conditions unto others that they themselves would refuse if imposed onto themselves. It is the duty of the governing body to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States of America. Once the governing body has suggested or put into law Unconstitutional acts - that group has abused its power and it is for the People to remind the government that the rights of the People have been ignored or oppressed. Our government no longer serves to protect certain unalienable rights : Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness - if these rights are forgotten by the Government, said government is no longer an establishment that receives its power through consent, but an establishment that is fueled by arrogance and greed. Under the required conditions, it is required that the people institute a new Government that preserves the rights that all men(and women) are entitled. Constituents opinions have been cast aside in preference of lobbyists, who fatten the wallets of our Congress. Our elections are determined by who can receive the most media coverage and spend the most money, instead of through fair debate and self-education. Self-education would prevent politics from being about elaborate rhetoric - peoples decisions would be more rational. Self-education means listening to those who choose to fight for our representation and then seeking truth in their words. One can easily begin their voyage to enlightenment by researching their representatives history via voting records. Voting records are the ultimate truth in determining how one feels on any particular issue as oppose to drinking in rhetoric or double-speak. The destruction of our liberties is real as the facts blatantly show: They have given birth to the Patriot Act - a 342 page document that allowing the seizure of personal information and 'roving wiretaps' without notification. They have approved the National Emergencies Act - a document that allows the President to suspend Habeas Corpus. They have signed the John Warner Act - a document that allows the President to supersede Congress and the Constitution in a 'national emergency.' They have created the Military Commissions Act - a document that allows the government to detain U.S citizens and non U.S citizens by declaring them enemy combatants. They have H1N1 vaccinated our children in public schools without parental consent. They have suggested fines and quarantine for those who refuse vaccinations on the basis of personal beliefs. They have supported the Affordable Health Care for America Act - bill that forces private citizens to purchase insurance from a government run corporation. Those who refuse will face hefty fines and up to five years in prison. They continue to push upon us the Real ID Act - an RFID embedded chip that will contain sensitive information such as ones' social security number, credit card number, and biometric facial measurements. They have allowed us to take part in several Unconstitutional wars throughout the world. They have stationed our troops in hundreds of countries that should be enjoying times of peace, rather than occupation. History has shown that the United States of America has enjoyed an advancement in civil liberties that is foreign to other nations. The encroachment upon our civil liberties is a dangerous tide that must be recognized. The dystopia we are walking into would make Orwell blush. It is not too late to allow our children, and their children's children to enjoy the fruits of Liberty that our mothers and fathers have indulged, that our founding fathers planted. It is our destiny to preserve and protect Liberty so that we may not find ourselves in the chains of poverty. The people have been idol for too long - it is time for the people to fulfill their portion of the social contract. Every citizen must know their rights to prevent the usurp of power. It is ignorance of the Constitution and Jeffersonian Declaration of Independence that has allowed our current government to grow to unsustainable and dangerous sizes - and it continues to feed. We, the people of the United States of America are demanding that all who have violated their oath to defend and protect the constitution immediately resign from their positions so that those who will be enlightened statesmen may take their place. We need to avoid nation building and practice a non-interventionist policy. We should be friends with our neighbors, rather than attacking them under the guise of Democracy and 'Freedom.' We must separate ourselves from those who do not know or acknowledge the Constitution of the United States of America and the individual State Constitutions. These states ought to be free and independent states; the people are absolved from all allegiance to a government that has failed to protect Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
There are signs telling you what to do and what not to do all over this city. Wasting money by telling us what to do is the government specialty, especially Emperor Bloomberg.
1.A co-worker informed me tonight that her children were vaccinated in school against H1N1. I asked her why she allowed it (she knows of its 'dangers') and she said 'the parental permission slip... it said I HAD to have my children vaccinated.' As we know from other NYC students - children are getting sick.
2. My father's wife, a home care attendant, was forced by her employer to take the H1N1 vaccination. She said she was unaware of the controversy and decided to 'get it over with.' She was sick for days and couldn't understand why.
3. All NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees were given the option of H1N1 vaccination or dismissal. An employee who seems to be 'liberty minded' said he knew it was unconstitutional - but said he has bills and went through it as opposed to risking his job. He had throat discomfort for several days. He says he will seek a lawyer if he is vaccine injured.
4. Shop Rite employees have been forced to take the H1N1 vaccination or face dismissal.
5. Employers such as Walgreens, Duane Reade, CVS, etc have been working to convince their employees to get the H1N1 vaccine - they offer it for a real cheap price, too. I can't help but notice the pharmacists devoutly backing the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine - they don't get any extra money for selling them, do they?
I am sure this list can go on - and feel free to add too it.
How much money has big pharma made thus far?
How many people have been tricked into doing something they otherwise would not do?
How many people out there do not know their rights, or worse yet.. how many CHOOSE not to know?
Posted by LizLiz on 10/29/09 Last updated 10/29/09
I feel sick, not because I have the flu, or because I ate something strange. I feel sick because I have been insulted and cursed at because I believe mandatory vaccinations are unconstitional. We may think the movement for Liberty is gaining strength, but everyday I am reminded that our numbers are small, and the numbers of those who allow the government to power grab are greater.
The video is what started the discussion. Someone posted it saying they felt awful about it, and wanted to know if anyone else saw it. I replied that vaccines were dangerous and that this girl is not the first, or the last to get a neurological disorder. I also said some doctors are weary of vaccinations (especially flu and h1n1), and that the government has no right to force vaccines upon us because it is unconstitutional.
Person A: What part of one in a million don't you understand? If EVERYONE in the world were vaccinated, under 7000 people would come down with this disorder.
Person B: I'm not saying that very very very occasionally someone might react badly to a vaccine, but if you let people sue pharmaceutical companies for millions of dollars when that happens then guess how they'll react? By not putting as much resources into vaccine research, and then we all get to die from the next potential epidemic instead of being completely prepared for it in a matter of months. The testing procedures for new medicines are sufficiently rigorous, worrying about having a bad reaction to a vaccine is like worrying about being killed by falling tortoise shells.
No, "Big Pharma" is not here to protect us. But they are here to make money, and in their business they make money with effective medicines. Or were you imagining Bondesque super villains sitting around a big table in GlaxoSmithKline brainstorming ways to kill off innocent people in between the latest status report on the space-bound death ray and proposed extensions to the company headquarters inside a Polynesian volcano?
Your position is bafflingly inverted. Those commenters are sheep to... rationally obtained scientific opinion? They need to wake up to... yet another cause of appalling media sensationalism? There's currently a resurgence in measles cases here in the UK, which has led to deaths, because of the completely unfounded panic ten years ago when the media blindly parroted a dodgy study possibly linking the vaccine to autism. And yet still neither our press nor yours is able to put the public good before money-making sensational journalism.
Me: What about the unconstitutional legislation being pushed through for mandatory flu shots?And, because vaccines are so gosh darn safe - the government has granted big pharma immunity so they cannot be sued/blamed for vaccine injury.
Why give them immunity if vaccinations are SAFE?
Person A: I've noticed every aspect of policy you don't like is "unconstitutional", you do realise that's not what the word means right?
Person D: They've done it with all childhood vaccines since the '80s. It serves to make vaccine production economically viable for drug companies, who would otherwise be dwarfed (see: '70s flu) with complaints for something that is really for the public good. (This paragraph has been substantially edited.) The policy isn't particularly new, so it can't be realistically held to be part of some crazy conspiracy just for this vaccine.
It's really a stupid argument. Just because the government thinks the vaccine is safe doesn't mean it shouldn't take precautions in case it's wrong. Any litigation in the case of serious error should not be directed at pharma, it should be directed at the government which pushed pharma. Also, the reason such a policy was implemented was actually to stop the companies from being drowned in claims even for when the vaccine /was/ reasonably safe.
She's a fucking moron folks, just in case this hasn't already been established. It's not necessarily unconstitutional. You don't have a right to harm others, and allowing yourself to become infected certainly could cause you to harm others. Of course, I also have no idea what legislation you're talking about, but I don't particularly care.
I mean, what are you suggesting here, that the government is out to kill people? What possible incentive could there be here? Once you have labeled a possible incentive, please inform me as to what evidence you have that it exists, and why that evidence is more compelling than the evidence for the mainstream explanation.
Me: But where does it condone it? In fact, the constitution gives you freedom to practice your own personal beliefs, right? So what about people who do not believe in vaccinations because of religious reasons or culture? They can choose isolation. Religious beliefs do not give you the rights to infect and kill other people.
Person D: People have the right to life and good health. You do not have the right to take it away from them. This alone is sufficient for the government to force you into any of the only two ways you're not going to cause harm. The government always had the right to quarantine you, now it's just giving you a choice.
Person E replying to my comment about the unconstitional legislation being pushed for mandatory vaccines:
No such legislation exists. What does existis legislating permitting the government to require people to choose between vaccination and isolation/quarantine, in the face of a public health emergency. If you think such legislation is unnecessary, you're entitled to the opinion, but "unconstitutional" it is not.
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Anyway, that was a lot of read if you did choose to come into my blog, but to me - these people just sound crazy. I kept asking them over and over where the constitution gives the government the right to stick a needle in my arm; and none of them could answer me with anything but curse words or stuff like the above. One person did say the constitution was just a paper written by some dead lawyers and does not need to be consulted.
Oh well, I guess they will learn the hard way, or no way at all.
When I run across people who react to my views on the vaccine subject, such as the people you have mentioned above, I encourage them to take the shot. If they want to be that stupid and closed minded why bother wasting anymore time with them than what you already have? Or, you can just tell them it is quite obvious they haven't a clue what the Constitution even says.
Laugh at them and walk away, it's strange by how doing that sticks in their mind and it just might get them to use the brain God gave them.
Posted 10/30/09 LizLiz Brooklyn(or Cresco,PA!) , NY
Yes. I told them to make sure they get their flu shot, and they told me to make sure not to take mine so there will be one less idiot in the world.
I thanked them for their wishing me good health and natural immunity and let them bicker amongst themselves.
They told me that I use the term unconstitutional for every bill I dislike - and because of it I must not know what the term means.
I am laughing at that one because I carry a constitution with me, and I bet none of them even read it!
Posted by LizLiz on 09/15/09 Last updated 09/15/09
Somehow I got into a 'confrontation' with a rather condescending Obama supporter who seemed to think I did not know the constitution - she also seemed to paint me as someone who does not support health care, public education, etc. She even asked me *in a nasty tone* if I am even registered... and when I said that I was, she said "ron paul..." like it was a dirty phrase. Afterward she mentioned she voted for Obama even though he is NOT liberal enough for her...
Anyway.. she said the Bill of Rights IS the constitution (not that it was fought for and added later), that it is out of date and Obama was a professor who taught the constitution; therefore, he would never break it. I mentioned the appointment of Hillary Clinton as unconstitional, the position he is taking in the UN, socialized healthcare.. she was more interested in me being able to name all the authors of the constitution, rather than cite the articles that show Obama is 'anti constitutional.'
She also approved of Europe breaking up the middle east as they did (versailles treaty?) because it was their land and their colonies.. as opposed to letting the people of the middle east decide for themselves how to live.
I then mentioned that I have a copy of the constitution and can show her the clauses Obama has broken...
She then said "Why do you have a constitution with you?" I said,
"absolutely. everyone should have a copy and know their rights."
She replied mockingly "You think your rights are threatened?"
I replied... "Yes. I do."
Anyway.... tell me what you think? This situation felt a lot nastier than I have recalled it on this blog.. (she was mean!) Did I handle this correctly? And can someone refresh for me the whole federalist anti-federalist situation? Im pretty sure I know it, but this girl has me utterly confused.... I want to understand why she thinks the way she does... to better present my opinions without sounding 'radical.'
Poll: Should everyone carry and know the constitution?
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—Thomas Jefferson
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